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Wildfires By State, 2023
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State Number of fires Number of acres burned
Alabama 1,856 18,335
Alaska 346 314,276
Arizona 1,837 188,483
Arkansas 147 5,659
California 7,364 332,722
Colorado 861 41,917
Connecticut 499 297
Delaware 1 0
District of Columbia 0 0
Florida 2,730 99,642
Georgia 2,386 10,330
Hawaii 214 12,059
Idaho 892 87,801
Illinois 22 111
Indiana 47 521
Iowa 6 6
Kansas 49 17,963
Kentucky 9 70
Louisiana 1,467 22,103
Maine 493 325
Maryland 196 4,486
Massachusetts 1,079 1,468
Michigan 466 4,287
Minnesota 836 9,416
Mississippi 2,383 52,508
Missouri 127 9,499
Montana 1,662 123,133
Nebraska 569 180,733
Nevada 375 1,300
New Hampshire 52 58
New Jersey 1,194 18,033
New Mexico 1,019 212,378
New York 150 1,383
North Carolina 5,214 73,953
North Dakota 471 4,183
Ohio 883 2,469
Oklahoma 1,580 162,489
Oregon 1,979 202,035
Pennsylvania 1,910 9,628
Puerto Rico 0 0
Rhode Island 78 582
South Carolina 22 591
South Dakota 177 945
Tennessee 772 15,394
Texas 7,102 210,264
Utah 782 18,109
Vermont 67 62
Virginia 43 12,085
Washington 1,707 151,316
West Virginia 1,124 45,679
Wisconsin 1,086 4,883
Wyoming 249 7,934
United States (1) 56,580 2,693,910

(1) Includes Puerto Rico. Totals for the United States do not match totals shown elsewhere by the National Interagency Fire Center due to the use of different exhibits.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center.

 

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WILDFIRES BY STATE, 2010 (1)
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State Number of fires Number of acres burned
Alaska 688 1,129,421
Alabama 2,357 26,331
Arkansas 2,010 30,954
Arizona 1,517 74,445
California 6,502 108,742
Colorado 1,076 40,788
Connecticut 93 262
Delaware 12 32
Florida 2,334 37,929
Georgia 3,489 14,534
Hawaii 9 10,172
Iowa 123 2,722
Idaho 977 613,868
Illinois 95 630
Indiana 57 132
Kansas 35 20,364
Kentucky 1,677 51,003
Louisiana 2,166 33,401
Massachusetts 2,014 2,117
Maryland 160 1,577
Maine 550 318
Michigan 459 11,441
Minnesota 2,037 33,969
Missouri 1,314 17,620
Mississippi 1,696 15,338
Montana 1,035 57,380
North Carolina 3,665 20,000
North Dakota 448 3,840
Nebraska 24 1,125
New Hampshire 358 145
New Jersey 2,011 10,630
New Mexico 953 231,403
Nevada 431 23,863
New York 151 2,066
Ohio 557 3,995
Oklahoma 1,568 81,238
Oregon 1,299 69,623
Pennsylvania 506 3,203
Rhode Island 30 23
South Carolina 1,617 6,592
South Dakota 732 6,175
Tennessee 1,653 20,283
Texas 6,691 203,891
Utah 1,054 65,236
Virginia 847 7,698
Vermont 81 86
Washington 888 41,151
Wisconsin 1,278 2,185
West Virginia 617 14,319
Wyoming 530 79,201
United States 62,471 3,233,461

 (1) As of November 2010.

Source: National Interagency Coordination Center.

 
WILDFIRES BY STATE, 2011
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  Number of fires Number of acres burned
Alaska 515 293,018
Alabama 3,073 71,311
Arkansas 2,627 54,032
Arizona 1,988 1,016,428
California 7,989 126,854
Colorado 1,286 161,167
Connecticut 196 244
Delaware (1) (1)
Florida 5,102 299,991
Georgia 8,387 149,222
Hawaii 3 2,178
Iowa 561 2,145
Idaho 1,094 384,103
Illinois 62 2,019
Indiana 27 530
Kansas 99 111,128
Kentucky 1,040 24,961
Louisiana 3,079 52,763
Massachusetts 1,116 545
Maryland 131 8,310
Maine 308 116
Michigan 322 1,865
Minnesota 1,238 135,650
Missouri 2,732 55,395
Mississippi 2,341 42,036
Montana 1,335 168,010
North Carolina 5,279 119,482
North Dakota 353 2,862
Nebraska 80 29,643
New Hampshire 139 48
New Jersey 708 794
New Mexico 1,875 1,286,487
Nevada 817 424,170
New York 47 232
Ohio 246 1,203
Oklahoma 2,486 293,381
Oregon 1,151 285,712
Pennsylvania 204 636
Rhode Island 30 27
South Carolina 2,703 16,141
South Dakota 1,248 97,230
Tennessee 1,170 13,812
Texas 3,470 2,722,623
Utah 1,102 62,783
Virginia 831 20,114
Vermont 11 14
Washington 993 17,480
Wisconsin 735 719
West Virginia 342 2,680
Wyoming 680 135,878
     
Total United States 74,126 8,711,367

(1) Delaware had no wildfires in 2011.

Source: National Interagency Coordination Center.

 
WILDFIRES BY STATE, 2013
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State Number of fires Number of acres burned 
Alabama 1,284 25,623
Alaska 603 1,316,876
Arizona 1,756 105,281
Arkansas 881 14,733
California 9,907 577,675
Colorado 1,176 195,145
Connecticut 76 238
Delaware 4 17
Florida 101 7,660
Georgia 2,942 6,736
Hawaii (1) (1)
Idaho 1,471 722,204
Illinois 24 55
Indiana 19 806
Iowa 436 14,704
Kansas 16 7,137
Kentucky 1,030 25,084
Louisiana 1,027 17,883
Maine 426 743
Maryland 126 182
Massachusetts 1,132 879
Michigan 436 940
Minnesota 1,115 22,107
Mississippi 5 33
Missouri 51 1,660
Montana 1,723 124,209
Nebraska 10 63
Nevada 763 162,907
New Hampshire 85 137
New Jersey 1,013 1,430
New Mexico 1,064 221,951
New York 138 1,073
North Carolina 3,514 24,547
North Dakota 515 16,116
Ohio 31 152
Oklahoma 610 26,490
Oregon 2,848 350,786
Pennsylvania 639 1,788
Rhode Island 7 27
South Carolina 1,337 7,082
South Dakota 889 4,475
Tennessee 424 7,080
Texas 70 10,743
Utah 1,276 70,282
Vermont 124 281
Virginia 482 4,418
Washington 1,527 152,603
West Virginia 557 8,577
Wisconsin 671 9,196
Wyoming 468 44,016
United States (2) 47,579 4,319,546

(1) Hawaii had no wildfires in 2013.
(2) Includes Puerto Rico which had 750 fires that burned 4,716 acres.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center.

 
WILDFIRES BY STATE, 2014
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State Number of fires Number of acres burned
Alabama 2,093 40,527
Alaska 384 233,561
Arizona 1,543 205,199
Arkansas 1,302 20,164
California 7,865 555,044
Colorado 830 24,949
Connecticut 28 69
Delaware (1) (1)
Florida 2,436 101,599
Georgia 3,562 19,199
Hawaii (1) (1)
Idaho 1,180 189,430
Illinois 36 727
Indiana 54 276
Iowa 577 11,347
Kansas 68 31,261
Kentucky 1,466 43,199
Louisiana 1,005 25,337
Maine 282 158
Maryland 125 1,802
Massachusetts 1,169 1,197
Michigan 268 716
Minnesota 990 4,367
Mississippi 97 10,053
Missouri 105 5,607
Montana 1,646 38,118
Nebraska 38 992
Nevada 531 59,252
New Hampshire 62 45
New Jersey 962 10,400
New Mexico 728 23,440
New York 94 582
North Carolina 4,625 15,601
North Dakota 567 4,069
Ohio 63 684
Oklahoma 1,007 157,080
Oregon 3,087 984,629
Pennsylvania 877 4,519
Rhode Island 1 0
South Carolina 1,374 8,312
South Dakota 918 13,127
Tennessee 1,249 156,391
Texas 9,677 131,138
Utah 1,035 28,255
Vermont 53 91
Virginia 736 10,446
Washington 1,480 386,972
West Virginia 671 8,286
Wisconsin 613 3,268
Wyoming 403 7,836
United States (2) 63,612 3,595,613

(1) Delaware and Hawaii had no wildfires in 2014.
(2) Includes Puerto Rico which had 3,647 fires that burned 16,292 acres.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center.

 
WILDFIRES BY STATE, 2015
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State Number of fires Number of acres burned
Alabama 3,198 47,380
Alaska 768 5,111,404
Arizona 1,662 160,152
Arkansas 1,837 26,630
California 8,745 893,362
Colorado 709 22,602
Connecticut 76 159
Delaware (1) (1)
Florida 2,422 73,432
Georgia 2,331 10,556
Hawaii 17 5,611
Idaho 1,324 804,094
Illinois 18 806
Indiana 16 868
Iowa 533 14,945
Kansas 154 53,936
Kentucky 774 19,207
Louisiana 1,172 21,036
Maine 375 574
Maryland 158 1,078
Massachusetts 1,525 1,763
Michigan 526 3,806
Minnesota 1,849 30,563
Mississippi 2,294 34,769
Missouri 3,161 29,893
Montana 2,432 351,264
Nebraska 51 4,854
Nevada 551 42,479
New Hampshire 114 622
New Jersey 1,013 2,685
New Mexico 696 44,104
New York 186 3,844
North Carolina 3,828 15,220
North Dakota 726 32,321
Ohio 69 548
Oklahoma 1,309 100,382
Oregon 2,588 685,809
Pennsylvania 831 4,473
Rhode Island 86 132
South Carolina 976 3,800
South Dakota 1,032 72,985
Tennessee 611 8,478
Texas 9,272 184,418
Utah 930 10,203
Vermont 102 346
Virginia 631 6,574
Washington 2,013 1,137,664
West Virginia 8 219
Wisconsin 993 2,970
Wyoming 512 35,652
United States (2) 68,151 10,125,149

(1) Delaware had no wildfires in 2015.
(2) Includes Puerto Rico which had 947 fires that burned 4,477 acres.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center.

 
Wildfires By State, 2016
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State Number of fires Number of acres burned 
Alaska 572 496,467
Alabama 3,923 59,030
Arizona 2,288 308,245
Arkansas 1,513 33,371
California 7,349 560,815
Colorado 1,190 129,495
Connecticut 268 778
Delaware                           (1)                                      (1)
Florida 3,067 74,416
Georgia 5,086 52,119
Hawaii 10 15,098
Idaho 630 361,649
Illinois 12 133
Indiana 27 620
Iowa 465 21,371
Kansas 75 349,829
Kentucky 1,220 73,864
Louisiana 508 7,799
Maine 796 946
Maryland 120 242
Massachusetts 1,526 1,381
Michigan 389 3,666
Minnesota 1,422 12,268
Mississippi 94 8,128
Missouri 2,610 32,134
Montana 2,026 114,594
Nebraska 45 24,498
Nevada 467 265,156
New Hampshire 148 880
New Jersey 1,050 4,445
New Mexico 1,240 212,425
New York  196 4,236
North Carolina 4,007 88,109
North Dakota 563 4,657
Ohio 410 1,116
Oklahoma 1,938 767,780
Oregon 1,245 219,509
Pennsylvania 871 12,245
Rhode Island 79 57
South Carolina 982 3,804
South Dakota 1,216 81,561
Tennessee 2,165 88,038
Texas 9,300 356,680
Utah 1,078 101,096
Vermont 150 386
Virginia 580 41,441
Washington 1,272 293,717
West Virginia 18 443
Wisconsin 713 695
Wyoming 711 218,077
United States (2) 67,743 5,509,995

(1) Delaware had no wildfires in 2016.
(2) Includes Puerto Rico which had 113 fires that burned 486 acres.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center.

 
Wildfires By State, 2017
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State Number of fires Number of acres burned 
Alabama 1,254 20,192
Alaska 364 653,023
Arizona 2,321 429,564
Arkansas 1,706 34,624
California 9,560 1,266,224
Colorado 967 111,667
Connecticut 97 243
Delaware 5 6
Florida 3,280 298,831
Georgia 3,929 200,785
Hawaii 3 2,098
Idaho 1,598 686,262
Illinois 13 98
Indiana 22 553
Iowa 427 7,216
Kansas 71 476,306
Kentucky 892 28,927
Louisiana 1,064 11,356
Maine 489 369
Maryland 108 2,178
Massachusetts 1,216 844
Michigan 270 736
Minnesota 1,036 5,553
Mississippi 2,775 40,595
Missouri 3,398 8,459
Montana 2,422 1,366,498
Nebraska 49 3,160
Nevada 768 1,329,289
New Hampshire 36 123
New Jersey 735 5,144
New Mexico 813 141,663
New York 57 191
North Carolina 5,125 46,507
North Dakota 1,086 19,841
Ohio 68 733
Oklahoma 1,906 502,625
Oregon 2,049 714,520
Pennsylvania 537 1,652
Rhode Island 31 30
South Carolina 1,092 11,041
South Dakota 1,420 77,386
Tennessee 593 6,949
Texas 9,827 734,682
Utah 1,166 249,829
Vermont 55 50
Virginia 1,522 20,194
Washington 1,346 404,223
West Virginia 520 6,866
Wisconsin 696 661
Wyoming 599 90,115
United States (1) 71,499 10,024,086

(1) Includes Puerto Rico which had 116 fires that burned 3,405 acres.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center.

 
Wildfires By State, 2018
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State Number of fires Number of acres burned
Alabama 970 15,464
Alaska 367 410,683
Arizona 2,000 165,356
Arkansas 1,119 24,071
California 8,054 1,823,153
Colorado 1,328 475,803
Connecticut 52 40
Delaware 0 0
District of Columbia 0 0
Florida 2,249 138,820
Georgia 2,572 14,236
Hawaii 3 21,979
Idaho 1,132 604,481
Illinois 6 120
Indiana 26 115
Iowa 386 8,014
Kansas 71 59,234
Kentucky 376 8,417
Louisiana 647 10,742
Maine 542 678
Maryland 76 359
Massachusetts 320 210
Michigan 431 3,786
Minnesota 1,344 17,005
Mississippi 1,168 21,194
Missouri 103 6,025
Montana 1,342 97,814
Nebraska 35 122
Nevada 649 1,001,966
New Hampshire 145 61
New Jersey 625 1,347
New Mexico 1,334 382,345
New York 109 848
North Carolina 3,625 18,058
North Dakota 1,026 19,557
Ohio 67 337
Oklahoma 1,707 745,097
Oregon 2,019 897,263
Pennsylvania 1,276 3,614
Puerto Rico 25 389
Rhode Island 32 14
South Carolina 1,136 9,939
South Dakota 433 5,027
Tennessee 341 3,763
Texas 10,541 569,811
Utah 1,333 438,983
Vermont 59 113
Virginia 1,266 15,224
Washington 1,743 438,834
West Virginia 467 6,370
Wisconsin 825 1,678
Wyoming 611 279,243
United States (1) 58,083 8,767,492

(1) Includes Puerto Rico.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center.

 
Wildfires By State, 2019
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State Number of fires Number of acres burned
Alabama 1,107 22,158
Alaska 720 2,498,159
Arizona 1,869 384,942
Arkansas 660 8,602
California 8,194 259,148
Colorado 857 40,392
Connecticut 88 72
Delaware 0 0
District of Columbia 0 0
Florida 2,121 122,500
Georgia 3,158 12,407
Hawaii 155 10,710
Idaho 960 284,026
Illinois 2 41
Indiana 38 523
Iowa 153 2,020
Kansas 19 21,167
Kentucky 755 11,714
Louisiana 361 3,059
Maine 355 142
Maryland 140 1,498
Massachusetts 289 248
Michigan 361 1,128
Minnesota 1,021 5,862
Mississippi 959 5,473
Missouri 67 5,091
Montana 1,474 64,835
Nebraska 15 9,478
Nevada 562 82,282
New Hampshire 16 25
New Jersey 727 11,346
New Mexico 859 79,887
New York 79 221
North Carolina 3,872 14,548
North Dakota 488 4,454
Ohio 498 1,038
Oklahoma 1,104 67,142
Oregon 2,293 79,732
Pennsylvania 547 691
Puerto Rico 97 2,906
Rhode Island 45 33
South Carolina 992 5,939
South Dakota 346 2,261
Tennessee 571 5,478
Texas 6,892 215,493
Utah 1,025 92,380
Vermont 19 22
Virginia 364 2,643
Washington 1,394 169,742
West Virginia 593 7,653
Wisconsin 710 1,198
Wyoming 486 41,857
United States (1) 50,477 4,664,366

(1) Includes Puerto Rico.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center.

 
Wildfires By State, 2020
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State Number of fires Number of acres burned
Alabama 836 20,557
Alaska 349 181,169
Arizona 2,524 978,568
Arkansas 655 12,552
California 10,431 4,092,151
Colorado 1,080 625,357
Connecticut 586 383
Delaware 426 1,356
District of Columbia 0 0
Florida 2,381 99,413
Georgia 1,699 5,677
Hawaii 58 472
Idaho 944 314,352
Illinois 19 240
Indiana 11 313
Iowa 126 2,168
Kansas 52 34,581
Kentucky 524 7,950
Louisiana 401 5,880
Maine 1,156 1,032
Maryland 2 930
Massachusetts 1,189 834
Michigan 409 1,131
Minnesota 1,372 8,838
Mississippi 729 22,035
Missouri 1,090 17,940
Montana 2,433 369,633
Nebraska 41 7,611
Nevada 770 259,275
New Hampshire 252 88
New Jersey 1,981 11,919
New Mexico 1,018 109,513
New York 192 1,123
North Carolina 2,364 12,875
North Dakota 651 3,782
Ohio 649 1,551
Oklahoma 1,241 102,302
Oregon 2,215 1,141,613
Pennsylvania 1,488 2,997
Puerto Rico 0 0
Rhode Island 113 85
South Carolina 465 1,754
South Dakota 852 19,636
Tennessee 391 4,207
Texas 6,713 256,826
Utah 1,493 329,735
Vermont 96 126
Virginia 410 5,596
Washington 1,646 842,370
West Virginia 1,230 8,196
Wisconsin 781 1,785
Wyoming 828 339,783
United States (1) 59,362 10,270,258

(1) Includes Puerto Rico.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center.

 
Wildfires By State, 2021
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State Number of fires Number of acres burned 
Alabama 1,040 22,055
Alaska 384 253,357
Arizona 1,773 524,428
Arkansas 378 17,003
California 9,280 2,233,666
Colorado 1,017 48,195
Connecticut 60 127
Delaware 0 0
District of Columbia 0 0
Florida 2,262 105,475
Georgia 2,139 11,108
Hawaii 1 40,000
Idaho 1,332 439,600
Illinois 29 219
Indiana 34 836
Iowa 187 7,950
Kansas 55 163,982
Kentucky 723 22,859
Louisiana 507 10,303
Maine 636 377
Maryland 112 1,162
Massachusetts 588 1,439
Michigan 435 9,289
Minnesota 2,065 69,405
Mississippi 922 21,037
Missouri 1,531 40,262
Montana 2,573 747,678
Nebraska 785 27,294
Nevada 565 123,427
New Hampshire 280 96
New Jersey 906 6,652
New Mexico 672 123,792
New York 137 550
North Carolina 5,151 25,838
North Dakota 946 49,347
Ohio 524 1,415
Oklahoma 1,727 113,235
Oregon 2,202 828,777
Pennsylvania 1,350 2,892
Puerto Rico 0 0
Rhode Island 99 178
South Carolina 630 7,337
South Dakota 868 43,620
Tennessee 550 4,937
Texas 5,576 168,258
Utah 1,085 60,863
Vermont 90 157
Virginia 567 6,696
Washington 1,863 674,222
West Virginia 752 7,504
Wisconsin 1,040 2,159
Wyoming 540 53,496
United States (1) 58,968 7,124,554

(1) Includes Puerto Rico. Totals for the United States do not match totals shown elsewhere by the National Interagency Fire Center due to the use of different exhibits.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center.

 
Wildfires By State, 2022
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State Number of fires Number of acres burned
Alabama 2,710 40,975
Alaska 595 3,110,976
Arizona 1,432 124,165
Arkansas 1,903 39,028
California 7,884 309,287
Colorado 835 45,732
Connecticut 150 347
Delaware 7 79
District of Columbia 0 0
Florida 2,784 164,774
Georgia 3,621 25,017
Hawaii 5 25,053
Idaho 1,088 436,733
Illinois 32 298
Indiana 49 1,643
Iowa 7 288
Kansas 67 84,015
Kentucky 1,280 59,199
Louisiana 1,259 24,475
Maine 730 425
Maryland 117 3,139
Massachusetts 1,192 1,756
Michigan 376 3,522
Minnesota 713 3,715
Mississippi 1,980 53,170
Missouri 136 4,968
Montana 2,087 137,509
Nebraska 568 76,534
Nevada 506 58,402
New Hampshire 103 381
New Jersey 1,165 15,532
New Mexico 748 859,906
New York 162 1,313
North Carolina 6,222 28,851
North Dakota 111 1,509
Ohio 724 3,063
Oklahoma 2,811 385,133
Oregon 2,117 456,082
Pennsylvania 951 2,588
Puerto Rico 0 0
Rhode Island 76 44
South Carolina 22 677
South Dakota 527 42,148
Tennessee 1,225 15,059
Texas 12,571 671,800
Utah 945 27,245
Vermont 86 83
Virginia 558 9,956
Washington 1,492 173,659
West Virginia 893 20,275
Wisconsin 923 881
Wyoming 443 25,766
United States (1) 68,988 7,577,175

(1) Includes Puerto Rico. Totals for the United States do not match totals shown elsewhere by the National Interagency Fire Center due to the use of different exhibits.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center.